One year of dual antiplatelet therapy with one of two potent P2Y12 inhibitors—ticagrelor or prasugrel—in people with Type 1 ...

New research found a simplified clot-preventing medication regimen following stent placement in adults with atrial ...

Dr. Charanjit Rihal answers the question: 'Life Expectancy After Stent?' — -- Question: How long is person expected to live after a stent is inserted? Answer: How long a patient is expected to ...

Half of patients undergoing cerebrovascular stent placement did not respond well to clopidogrel, according to a new study. Clopidogrel and aspirin are medications routinely prescribed for one to three ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging modality based on fiberoptic technology that provides high resolution (~ten-times higher than that of intravascular ultrasound) and real-time ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 75-year-old wife had two third generation medicine-eluting stents inserted into a branch of the left anterior coronary artery in January 2020. On 75 mg of clopidogrel and 81 mg of ...

During a heart angioplasty, a doctor uses a catheter with a balloon to open a narrowed blood vessel in the heart. Typically, they insert a stent during the procedure. A stent is a mesh tube designed ...

A stent thrombosis is a blood clot that forms within a coronary stent. It can be a complication of stent placement to open a narrowed artery. A coronary stent is a mesh tube that opens a narrowed or ...

This report compared the benefits of 2 types of surgical palliation for patients with malignant colorectal cancer: insertion of a stent (n = 30) or a palliative surgical procedure (n =14). Patients ...

Introduction: Biliary stenting with radioactive seed placement has become a frequently applied palliative intervention for patients with obstructive hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC). Despite its ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Placing the Xen45 gel stent using an ab externo technique helped lower IOP in patients with glaucoma, according ...